Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1887 — Page 1

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XXXII-NO. 19. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1887. WHOLE NO. 1,612.

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COBB AND KLEINER.

Their Telescopic Otservaticna of tlie Indiana Leg'slativa Situation. Corsmissiorer Black Files His Report Relating to the Condition of the Pension Office. S:cretuj Manning Orders the Removal uf thd Present Nsw York Bank Enmiirer. Dilrjmen Well Satisfied With the Oleomargarine I -aw The President's Ilea 7th Inipfovinc Miscellaneous. peri&.l to the Sentinel. Washington, Jan. 3. The WshCigton Etar says: Representatives Cobb and Kleiner, of Indiana, wre discussing the si t a V. Ion in that Statewith regard to the election of a "United States Senator this morning. They both expressed cod Science that the Pernora's would elect a Senator, bat could not tndertahe to name the euccessful noun. Th?re are 150 members of the Legislature, 100 cf the II case and 50 of the Senate, and it requires 7 votes to elect. The Democrats have just 70 votes, but the Reycblicanc claim that one of the number is ineligible and will be unseated, arid that another id a Greenbacker, and will not act witt the Democrats. representative Cobb said that one of the Democratic members bad been a Greenbacker, and pot the votes of that element, bat thtths was the nomirrsa of the Democrats and had the party support, and added there is no reason to believe that be will not enter th a caucus. There are nice members cf the Legislature wbo bad the indorsement of labor organizations. In some cases the labor - candidates "were indorsed by Ilepvblicr.ns and in other cases by Democrats, end they Live been counted as belonging to the psjrty which indorsed them respectively. 'The calculation has been that these lbor-:non would fall in with the party that elected them and tLe fight would be narrowed d.owu to Democrats and Republicans. Hat now there is a proposition that the labor members organize and contend fcr the election of a Senator friendly to the labor Interests. They can hold the balance of power if they act together. It loo'cs as if there is a good deal of complication, in the senatorial question. If the Democrats can hold their men together they Trill p robahly win, but with the labor question and a fragment of the old Greenback party entering into the fight there ia no telling how it will end. Pennons. Special to the BentiueL "Washington, Jan. 3 Pensions Lave been granted to persons in Indiana named below, and certificates mailed to the proper agents: Original Mary Clouston, EVing; Francis Cleaver, Monitor; Samuel Tat ton, Peru; Hiram Lawson, Switz City; Richard Callism, SoBthMilford; John Cornell, Goshen ; William Brown. Anthony; Andrsw McCoy. Bryant's Cre-?k; Hnry Slinkard, alias Henry Dupont, Bloomfield ; Henry Duncan, Indianapolis; Andrew Hancock, Spencer; Jame3 lloltsclaw, Marengo. Increase George Brake, Calamonia; Levi Ham, South Bend; James Faulion, Heltonville; John Morris, Jonesbora; William Hab bard, Little York; William Frad, Orleans; John Fauver, Terre Haute, George Cole, Vevay; Joseph Allison, Danville; Samuel Sample, Goshen; Kli William', New Marion; John Brown, Logan; Joseph Grove, Anderson; Henry Bealrnear, Coal City: William Liytoo, Tendieton; Ceorge Lucas, Free'own; Pyrrhus Woodward, Jew Cattle; AlexiDd-r Todd, Bedford: Amos Angle, Clarksur; Tobias Hart, Wiliiamsport; John Norman, Ireland; Henry A. Tudor, Summr-uade; Josiah Ashel, Shoal; Jo?-ph Koch, Blair. Restored Edmund D. Carter, Winchester. The Pension OLice. &?ec!al to the Sentinel. Wahiiscton, Jan. 2. riftpen thousand two hnndred and eiifht original pension claims have been filed in the Pension OiJice in the p3stsii month3. This shows a great falling effard indicates that the tidal mark of the peD6kn business Las been reached, unions there is additional iegirlatiou. Mot of the claims now filed are for increase. Commissioner Black ha3 submitted his report of the condition of the criminal prosecutions decket of the Tension Olllc?, showing the condition of the 2)ü cases thereon. Many of these have been permitted to dawdle on the docket for years, but General Black has deermined to push them to completion and aake the law a terror to evil-doers. The amount of frauds lastly obtained was $72,000, an insignificant amount considering that from $)O,000,ObO to $75,000,000 annually have been appropriated for many years. The Illinois SenatorebJp. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, Jan. 3. A very prominent Government official from the State of Illinois to day said to the Sentinel correspondent that he did not credit the statethat Farwell has within fifteen votes of the Republican cauccs nomination fcr Senator in Illinois. From his knowledge of 0.leshy, although be bai declined, he thinks he will accept if the nomination it tendered to him. To the A odated I'res. Matters to be Considered. Wafhix-to-v, Jan. In the Senate tomorrow, titer the reading of the journal, Senator Cullom will formally announce the '.eath of his colleague, and the Senate will djoum a? a mark of respect to his memory. Wednesday at 2 o'clock, possibly earlier, . It. Callorn will ask the Senate to proceed to - ,e consideration of the Inter-State conferee bill, and there is a general impressioi lat the measure will be tak,?n up and will ' rm the chief tc pic of discuscJon thereafter 'jntil it ia d!!pcfi.d of, The unfinished basine's of -ihe Senate is the bill providing for the estatlishment of agricultural experiment stations, while the bill to prohibit meribers of Corre s from acting aa attorneys for railroads Ok mes over with the accrued rights of a long postponed special order. It is not improbable that these meaen res, especlgJly the lattet, will command some portion of the morning hours of the Senate, and one or bot! may thus be disposed of during the week. It is not expected that any appropriation bill will be ready for consideration by the Senate this week. It m expected that the legislative week the House of Representatives will be conan need by the discussion of appropriation bills, and the measure reported from the Com mitte on Agriculture providing for the ?rection of a department of agriculture and iatir. There are four appropriation bills now upon the calendar the Indian. Military Academy, diplomatic and consular and pension. None of the measures is likely to give rise to extended debate except possibly the diplomatic and consular Dill. Owicar to its radical change as compared ?Hä fcjmer kUJs. ocd lu increased appro.

priations, this measure may "become Tj objeck of attack. Nearly all of the measures, which . have been made special orders, are likery to be pressed for action at the first onrtnnity that may offer when the House is not engaped in the consideration of appropriation bills. In addition to the bill for the creation of the department ot agriculture and labor, already mentioned, this list includes the Dunn free ship bill, the Pacific Ktilroad funding bill, the Oklohoma bill and the bill for t'.ie reorganization of the Navy Department. Toward tbs latter part of the week it is expected that the conferees on the electoral count bill T.'ill report an agreement and rennest the House to take final action, which will probably be granted. Agricultural Interests. Washington, Jan. 3. Mr. Joseph II. Reall, cf New York, president of the American Agricultural and Dairy Association, who is in Washington lor the purpose of promoting agricultural interests in Congress, said to a reporter to-day that there are three bills row landing which the association dtsircs to have passed, namely, the department of agriculture bill, the animal industry bill and tire agricultural experiment statiou bill. Ihey have been reported favorably by the Committee of Agriculture, and are in charge f Kepresen'atlve Hat;h.

iney are an important measures, air. ueau pays, and should pass without opposition. Upon being asked whether the farmers and tlairymeu are satisfied with the oleomargarine law, President Reall said: "Ye3, it is growing in popularity every day. 1 here was at first a disposition to complain of the tax rot beirg hih enough, but it i3 found that the rate imposed, together with the licences, affords producers of butter fair protection, and as long as their opponents comply with the law, and butter can be produced at the prebent cost, I do not think they will ask for any change In the law. It has already proved itself to be the most useful piece of legislation ever enacted by Congress in the interer. of agriculture. It is statf d on good authority that the law has already saved over :1. 000,000 to the dairy farmers of New York S-ate alone, and, of course, a proportional large amount to the farmers of all other States where dairying is an occupation. I am satisfied that the same majority which passed the bill, if not a greater one, will stand firmly by it against all attacks, and we shall not attempt to amend or change the law ourselves until it has bad a fair trial." Applications for Public Lands. Washington, Jan. 3. The Commissioner of the General Laud Office has notified local land agents in Kansas to advise aii parties making applications to enter lands hereto fore certified to the State of Kansas for the benefit of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa re Railroad Company, that such appuca tions are wholly useless, as no preference or other right can thus be acquired. It is stated that a large number cf applications for these lands has been bled upon the un authorized statement of attorneys that more land has been certified to this company than it is ieeany entitled to. Refuses to Reelgn. Washington, Jan. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day directed the removal of Mr. A. M. Scribe from the office of Bank Fxarniner at New York. He refused to re sign at the request of the Comptroller of the Currency. Mr. Y. P. Snyder, the newly appointed examiner, left Washington Scndav wiih instructions to take charge of the ofhee this morning. For the Logan Fand. Washington, Jan. 3. Captain Georrc E Lemon to-day received from Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt a subscription of 11,000 for the Logan fond, from C. Vanderbilt $1,000, and from Kdwin Cowles $200. Captain Lemon to-day purchased $20,tX)0 of i per cent. United btates Donda on account ot trie lgan fund The Fretddent Improving. Washington, Jan. C. Colonel Lamont said to-day that the I resident was much improved, and seerced to have been benefited by his Ne-v-Year 8 day experience. Here mained In his private room to-day, however, and received ro chilers. He expects to Le in his public oliie to-morrow as usual. THE" PUBLIC DEBT. Statement fur the Month of Decembe", Showing . Reduction of !,3 j.8,SOWahiiv.to.v, Jan. J. The following ist recapitulation of the public debt statement issued to-day: Intereft-bcaring dt'bt Bonds at 4 per cent I i'AOPC.OOO ÖC lloixis at 4 iit cent 737,7M,fciO 0) Ii"i)ds at 3 !er rent. Gl.tt'.'.i.OOO 00 Kefnnding eertitica.en aH per cent.. 1'.m,kx) 00 Navy pension fund at 3 per rent..., H.OW.ixX) ot) I'Heinr llailroad bouJsatC uerteuL 00 1'rilM ipul l,l:!0,4'JI.4ii' OO Id U rest...- ll,83rt,7JJ On Toul ei,ltJ,3:;:5,l2 00 Iebt ou -vslm-h interest has teoed since maturity TrinciraL. - 5 8,7I.Vö 00 Interest . 21l.:uiS 00 Total 5 !,0S3,l'Jl -00 Bel.t bearing no interest Old demand and legal tender notee-C 3-16.373,341 00 Certificate of deposit 6,:10.M mi Gold ccrtifn-aWs of deposit. 97,-.'15,r,''.r) 0C Silver rcrtiticates of deposit. U7,21G,670 t Frai-tkmal currency less 8s.370.931, estimated aa lohtor destroyed.. 6,953,70,2 6 Frinnpal $ 574,0&l.niS (k) Total debt Prineiiial. tl.714.03V Interest 12,0&),Uj7 j0 Total ,. fl,72C,0!3,f,92 00 LT eat-li ivemx available for reduction of tlie debt 21l,90-V")61 00 Le reserve held for redemption oi Uuiled State uotea, . 100,000.000 00 Total debt le"; available rash items..ti,.Usl,128 o Net cash in the Treasury 4'-',l'J.,G3J 00 lel.t less eah Li U;e Treasury January 1. 1SS7 l,3ll,yS4,4'.ö 00 Debt less fusil in the Treasury December 1. lr. l,3'i,:;n.f,:.s Oil Decrease of debt durinv tLe mouth.. W Cash In the TreHsury available lr reduction; of the dt-! Gold heid forpold ctrtilicates actually outstandinjr 'J7.M.r.,C5 C9 Silver held for Kilver certificates actually outstanding 117,210,070 00 United FtHttn nolo, held for f.eniarates of deposit actually outstanding 6..M0.G0) 00 Cili held for matured debtanü interest unpaiil 0,02-1.912 CO Fiactioual currency.... 5,3 7fi (H" Total available for reduction of the debt 2U,902,.V3 CO rerve fund held for if5emptioa of t nitel States notes, art of January 14. lS7.r, and July , i J 100,000,000 00 Ciia ilable for reduction of d'.-bt Fractional silver coin ifi'ß,'JXi M Jliuor com 131,412 00 ToUl - $ 2',,7T2,3.-.7 00 Certificatea heln as cash . 3"i IH.TA V) hei caah baaute on hand 42 1C.632 00 Total rash In the Treasury ax shown py tnc irea-surcr s general account.. t 411,015,7(1 00 AnotVer Victim of a TerribU Accident. Tort Watke, Jan. 3. Miss Emma 8:huler, of the sleighing party who were injure I last night, by the fast line on the Fort Wayne lload BtnkljB g the sleigh, died to d ty of injuries received, making three who have died mo far. Tb remainder of tb Inj axed Jadtel w? in a f;ir to jecover,

GOSCHEN WILL ACCEPT.

Official Announcement of His Appointment as Clanclor of the Exchequer. He Enters the Cabinet With the Understanding That He Does So as & Liberal Mr. Chimherlain Makes 07erturss to the GladEtonian Party for a Rsunioa. The Statement Confirmed That Germany and Kuisla Have Concluded a Direct AllianceCable Notes. jotsvcs. Jan. 3. Mr. Goschen has, it is ollicially announced, accepted the odice of Chancellor oi the Exchequer. Lord War tirpton fully approves, of Mr. Goschen's course, and the latter's adherents say that it i purely as a Liberal Unionist that Mr. Gotcben joins the Government, which relies upon Unionist enpport for success. The Times says Mr. Goschen was reluc'ant to accept oflice, but was strongly advised to do so by Lord Hartington. It Is expected that Mr. Goschen will meet Lord Salisbury to-flay and finally settle with him the terms on which be will enter his Cabinet. He will join the Ministry, the Times says, on the understanding that he does so as a Liberal and that bis object is to strengthen the cause. He desires to be satisfied that he is in agreement with the Government on all important foreign and domestic questions. Mr. Goschen has not been otlered the leadership of the Government in the House of Commons, but that will naturally revert to bim after the protein, lead of Air. W.U. Smith. Lord ßalisburv has assured Lord Ilartington that he is tryinp, with some hope of success, to overcome the relactance of the Conservatives to accept Lord Hartiagton as lrime Minister. Referring to Mr. Chamberlain, the Times says tbat while that gentleman regards him self 83 perfectly loyal to Lord Hartington, be has undoubtedly made overtures to the Gladstonian party for a reunion. The Standard says it is certain that the Government with Mr. Goschen in olhce will be as strong as it was before Lord Randolph Churchill resigned. It tru3ts to the good sense of Lord Randolph and his special friends to restrain them from providing fresh and unforeseen troubles. The Tall Mali Gazette says that Mr. Cham berlain has consented to have a private in formal conference on the Irish question with Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Morely and Sir llliam ernon Harcourt. Mr. Chamberlain, in answer to requests tbat he explain the Farnell letter incident. declares that it was not he but Mr. I'arnell who initiated the National Council scheme, and that Mr. Parnell now admits its authorship. Mr. Chamberlain promises to produce at the proper time letters proving bis present assertions. Six soldiers were tilled by the gas ex plosion in Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth. Twenty-one were found and extricated from the ruins of the barracks. All of the rescued were more or less injured. The Britibh steamer Dragoman, which col lided with and sunk a ship off Bard's Eye. was from Liverpool for Cardiff. She returned to the Mersey after the collision. Her bows are stove in, and she is otherwise seriously damaged. The name of the sunken ship was the Duke of Connaught. She bad a crew of twenty-one men, and seventeen of these were drowned. Mr. Goschen, although he will not be Conservative leader in the House of Commons, obtains control of appointments. Sir YL A. Cross and Ixrd Iduesleigh have ottered to retipn in order to make room for Mr. Goschen's nominees. There is a report that there will be a general construction of the Cabinet. Mr. Goschen has asked Lord Northbroke to become Sir R. A. Cross' eucces-sor. He also wants Mr. Ritchie in the Cabinet, as he desires the latter's support in the work of reshaping the Ixcal Government bill. Bir Michael Hicks-Beach and Lord Aslboume left Dublin for London tor.iht. They are coming to attend the Cainst council which is to be held to-morrow. Kir Michael still adheres to his determination to remain in his present ofiice. In oflicial circles it is accepted as fettled tbat in the reconstructed Cabinet Mr. W. II. Fraith will be First Lord of the Treasury and leader in the House of Commons, and Lord ßali&bury Premier and Foreign Minister. Among the Conservatives no expressions of regret are heard over the prospective retirement of Sir It. A. Cross and Lord Iddesleigh. Before accepting the olUce Mr. Goschen closely scrutinized the accounts and estimates of the War and Navy Departments in t order to ascertain whether or not there were eny ground for Lord Churchill's charging maladministration. He found that Lord Randolph bad been misled by wrong data, which it ia supposed were supplied through interested Treasury officials. Mr. Goschen ia convinced tbat liord Randolph is unable to prove his allegations and that Lord Salisbury is right in refusing to red ceo the estimates. Mr. Chamberlain authorizes a denial of the statement that a conference has been arranged between himself and the Gladstonian leaders. i - ItuMO-Cerman Alliance. Losms, Jan. B. M. Blowitz, the Faris eorreppondent of the Times, positively confirms his recent statement that Russia and Germany have concluded a direct alliance. Dr. Blowitz says that by the terms of this new alliance Russia binds herself to remain neutral in the event of war between France and Germany, and Germany binds beräelf to remain, neutral In the event of war between Russia and;AU8tria. He farther says that while there can be no coubt about the existence of this imperial compact, there are two siorie as to the manner in which the treaty was effected. One story is that it was negotiated directly through the Czar and Em peror VN llliam through personal correspondence; and the other is that Prince Bismark and M. De Gier3 contrived the alliance by personal discussion. Dr. Blowitz says he -dees not know which of these stories is the true one. llaaaia and Bulgaria Now Loan. St. rTERM-cBG, 3 an. 3. It is seml-ofTi-ciaL'y stated that tLe Russian Government maintains the fame attitude toward Bulgaria it adopted at the time of General Kaulbars' recall from that -country. The return of Prince Alexander to the Bulgarian ihriinii It In fidAi miffLt liner Atror ranna i the Czar to renounce all endeavor to 'affect a pacific settlement of the crisis in Bulgaria and have recourse to military occupation of the country. The Government has concluded arrangements for. obtaining from Uersents, of Paris, a loan of 75,000,000 francs. The money is to be upended in constructing a canal from the eastern extremity of the Gulf of Perekop, in the Black Sea, across the neck of land Joining the Crimea to the main land to tho be of ßzevea in order to form a direct water rouU from the River Don to the Black 8ea The proposed route would be shorter, more djrect and much, easier fromth mouth of

the Don to Odessa, the mouth of the Danube, Sevastopol or the Bosphorus than the present one by. the way of the Strait of Kertch,

which is both roundabout and dimcult. the railways adjacent to this new water rjute will be put in direct communication with it. Cable Notes. Lord Salisbury will receive the Bulgarian delegates to-day unofficially. Curteis,the defaulting Plymouth solicitor, lias been arrested in Calcutta. The harbor at Königsberg, Prussia, is frozen over and navigation is closed. Henry M. Stanley will receive the freedom of the city of London on the 13th inst. It is stated that the Pope will hold a con sistory oh the 20th inst, when he will nominate a number of bis lops. A young Italian named Vincenzo, with a mezz-vsoprano voice, has come to Paris to seek his fortune on the stage. General GouiefT has been appointed to succeed General Kaulbars as military attache to the Hessian (mbassy at Vienna. A new Produce Exchange has been opened in Berlin. It is intended for merchants and manufacturers in every branch of industry. The German East African Company, which has been reconstituted, is issuing shares of 10,000 marks each to the amount of 4, COO, 000 marks. Rumors are persistently kept afloat in St. Petersburg and Odessa tbat Prince Alexander Is arranging for his rettun to Sofia as King of Bulgaria. Two thousand extra men were employed in the Berlin Tost-office for the New-Year delivery. The number of letters handled was over G.000,000. Shipping statistics of the port of Liverpool for 186 show a decrease of 100,000 tons. The coastwise trr de shows an increase, the falling off being in the foreign trade. The British steamer Dragoman, from Sa vannah, December 12, for Liverpool, collided with and sunk an unknown vessel oil Bards' Eye. Fourteen persons vrere drowned. The Temrs, and the Petite France, M. Wilson's organ, confirm the report that M. De Freycinet and M. Ferry have ac-reed to give a joint support to the Goblet Min istry. The Journal de St. Petersbourg denies the story tbat the Czar is insane, and character izes as falsehoods the several actions attrib uted to the Czar and referred. to as illustrat iBg the nature of his malady. 3 It is reported that the Germaa Govern ment has assured Count Ka!noky that the statement that a treaty has been concluded between Germany and Russia to the uetri ment of Austrian interests is not true. It is reported that a conference has been held by President Grevy and M. Ferry and Freycinet, with a view to the speedy disso lution of the present ministry and the formation of a Ferry-Freycinet cabinet. While Warden Frauer, of the Berlin Zo ological Gardens, was in the cage of the sea horse yesterday, the animal threw Lim and bit him in the throat, inflicting injuries from the effect of which Brauer has since died. The German iron masters have made an agreement with those of Belgium to refrain from selling rails in each other's country. The iron masters of both countries are en deavoring to induce the English manufacturers of rails to enter into a similar agree ment. M. Eugene Spelier denies the statement at tributed to him tbat the Uacd'Amale should be allowed to return to France because of the gift of Chantilly. His remarks on that subiect were misunderstood, he says. He also said he greatly enjoyed his trip to America. Advices from Australia say that two sea men recently murdered a man on Great Barrier Island off New Zealand, seized a cutter and a girl who was on board and sailed for Soutli America, but fearim? ourpuit, returned and scuttled the vessel ou Port Macquane, where they were arrested, The fire in the Odescalchi Falace at Rome Suudav was caused bv the lights on a Christ mas tree. All jewels belonging to the Prin cess, all the valuable missals and pictures including a small Rdphsel, and the whole of a splendid collection of ancient furniture on the second lloor were burned. The I033 is $l.(.0.0ou. The palace was not insured. ZERO ZEPHYRS. Alli'artaof the Country Vodtod by a Cold Wave Ice Forms In Mexico, ' ateetown, N. Y., Jan. S. The cold wtather of the piist few days has covered the St. Lawrence River with ice. On Saturday the ice was sufficiently strong to allow of tb.8 crossing or teams between Cape mcent ana Kingston, a distance of twelve miles The steam ferrv has stopped runnlne. and both passengers and mail were transferred in sleighs to-day. Stralt Frozen Over. C?iFiYiAN, Mich., Jan 0. The mercury etoou ir below zero yesterday morning, ine straits nave been frozen over since h ci dayj and the ice is strong enough to bear horses. I his is the earliest freesing of the straits in many years. Ice in Mexico. Citv of Mexico, Jan. 3. A cold wave from toe United States struck the Valley of Mex ioo this morning. Thin ice formed in sev eral places In the city. There was a remark ably sudden change in the temperature Within & lew hours. Ontario's Weather. To-ROKto, Jan. 3. A cold spell prevails throughout Ontario, the mercury ranging from ltr. to 33 below zero. At Lafayette, Indiana. Latiyftit, Ind., Jan. 3. The thermometer was 2s below zero here at 5 o'clock this morning. A 'UelJgloua" Meeting JKnd U a Riot. MiNcix, Jan. 3. The "religious" meetings recently inaugurated in this city by Mrs. Mariah B. Woodworth are still being conducted by the faithful, but owing to strife among the leaders and dissensions among the members peace and quiet have not r?igned fuprerne. Shortly before Mrs. Woodworth left hsre her followers organized themselves Into a band known as the ''Church of God," and have been holding their meetings at an old warehouse in the eastern part of the city; but the meetings, instead of being a -place for quiet religious worship, have been a rendezvous for all the "tougho" and rough characters in town. Last night the meeting ended in a regular riot, in which about twenty men took an active part. Revolvers, knives and clubs were flourished, men cursed and swore and fought like wild animals, and b'ood flowed ilreely; women shrieked, fried and prayed in turns, and for nearly half an hour it seemed as ttonsh pandemonium had been turned loose. The officers tben appeared on the scene, and took a goodly number of the late worshipers into custody to await the charges that will be filed against them. The general feeling here is that Mrs. Wood worth should return to this place occasionally and look after her flock. The Tennessee Legislature met at noon yesterday both t houses elected temporary peaJten and adjourned pntil to-day,

MUCH INFORMATION

Relative to the Progress of the Various GrainProducing Countries cf the World; Also I'pon the Subject of Ballroad Freights in the United States and Other Countries Lonj and Short Haul. Wakiiixgtos, Jan. 3. Senator Aldrich, chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to ' the Sea board, authorizes the publication of the report of that committee upon the subject of railroad freights in the United btates and other countries. The complete report makes 500 pages of printed matter and contains many valuable tables and much Information on the subject of transportation, gathered from nearly every country in the world. The hrst table presented indicates the progress of the United States for a generation. Thirty-three yea ago we produced 100,000.000 bushels of wheat and about (W,000,00 bushels of corn. Twice in recent years we have reached 500,000,000 bushels of wbeat, and in 1SR5 the corn crop reached l.boo,000,(JW bushels, a hve-Iold increase in wheat and a three-fold increase in corn. The increase in other cereals has not been so rapid nor are they regarded by the commit tee es so important as the increase in wheat and corn. In the EXPORT TRAPE, The committee says wheat has already ranked first in value, and in fifty-eight years has added $2,000.000,000 to the value of our national production, a sum equivalent to four times the value of exported corn and corn meal during the same period. The reEort showa the countries to which every ushel of this grain has been exported, and the ircentage of exports each year from 18(W to 18S3. It also shows the movement of grain within the l-oited States, and points out what changes have taken place in the grain centers of the country since the close of the war. Tbe average annual receipts of gram in Portland, Me., New Orleans, De troit, Cleveland and Pittsburg have remained stationary through the two period? between DOG and 1873 and between 1874 and 1S33. Piston, New York, Philadelphia, San Fran Cisco, Toledo, Erie, St. Louis and Peoria have, speaking roundly, doubled their average receipts during the latter period. Baltimore, Louisville, and Duluth have increased nearly three-fold ; while the average annual receipts at Kansas City have increased nine-fold. A marked increase is noticeable in Milwaukee and Buf falo; but there has been a decided decrease Syi tK A jari? a ft norrorrA ort J tOnrl an c tin ii The Atlantic ports not only consume vast quantities oi this grain, but the bulk of the product is shipped abroad therefrom. It is shown by the tables that during the ten years ending with ltvS3 the average annual receipts of cereals of all kinds at these ports have been in round hgures 200,000,000 bush els. Efforts were made by the committee to group together the average yearly prices of grain at the various grain centers of the United States for a eeries of years and to show the difference in prices per bushel at various points between these geographical sections, which would represent in a meas ure the freight and the tendency of the rates of freight charges, it is shown, for example, that the difference in the prices of corn be tween the Atlantic porta and the lake ports have steadily declined from 21 cents per bushel in lb J to 10 cents per bushel la ISM; between the Atlantic ports and the Western rrver ports from l'J cents in 1873 to 11 cents in 1S.S3. An attempt W83 made by the committee to ascertain the rates of freight from the principal intermediate points to the sea board and also from tbe intermediate points to the principal cities of various States. This investigation was conducted in hopes ot ascertaining facts in regard to the dilference oi rates charged for long hauls and snort hauis and to throse light upon the vexed questions of a LON; AK I A K1IORT HAUL. In relation to this inquiry the committee says: "If the returns from which the above summary is constructed may be relied on (and the committee has teen careful in selecting only returns that appeared upon their fa?e correct), the rates charged for local freight are evidently levied on the genera' principle of what the traffic will bear. In Massachu setts, when terminals are taken into consid eralion, the cost of transporting a bushel of wheat ia more nearly equitable" than in the States represented m the summary. S'.ill. we lind the anomaly of the lesser rate for six miles than for lifteen miles. In Penn sylvania local rates are higher than in Massachusetts. In Ohio the rate is about the same on sixty miles as it is on ninety . u:i . .i l i i ' , a , wiine me juug uaui oi nines, instead o being relatively kss. is relatively greater, In Massachusetts, in 1883, it cost 4M centa to transport a bushel of wheat sixty -four miles. The cost in Connecticut for transporting the same quantity of grain sixty-two miles was 7 cents; in Pennsylvania 8ixty miles 4 2 cents, and in Ohio sixty miles 5 cents. Of course the conditions may not have been tbe same. Farther West, we find Kansas paying 4.2 cents per bushel for transporting a bushel of wbeat forty miles, and Massa chusetts, for the same service, 3O0 miles 2.2 cents, while icaiuornla pays 5.3 per bushel lor i.ity mnes." On the subject of local freights the com mittee says: "In Massachusetts the rates have steadily declined since 1874 on every road included in the State. The same is true of Connecticut. The Ohio report is exceedingly valuable, showing a decline from 2.44b cents per ton per mile In 18GS to two or a cent m lsJ. lu Michigan the av erage rate per ton per mile in 174 was 1.37 centF, and in 182 it had declined to 1.0!) cents per ton per mile. On the principal railroads of Iowa there has also been consid erable decrease since 1S7S. This is shown in tetail in the appendix, but no summary is otainabie. Jn Wisconsin. Missouri. Mm ncsota, Nebraska and California the same general facta are brought out. -CERFAU? in Eraorx. Turning from the United States to foreign countries, the committee shows the production and consumption of cereals in Europe, and btiDgs out the fact that the in crease in population has been relatively much greater in the greet grain-producing countries than it has been In the grtm-buy ing countries. The United Kingdom ap pears to nave purchased about two-thirds or ail the wheat tbe United States exported during tbe period, and therefore special attention hes been given tc England's supply of wheat. For this purpose a table was prepared giving a summary of the wheat imEsrted into the United Kingdom of Great ritain and Ireland frosi various countries during the period (seven years) from 183U to 1812, id elusive, and the decade from 1813 to 18S2 inclusive, showing the total importations of wheat and the proportions far hi shed by tbe United States, Russia. Germany, British North America, Egypt, France, Denmark and all other countries. In commenting on this table, the committee says: "A glance at this summary not only shows the rapidity of the agricultural growth of the United States and its importance as a food-exporting country, but it also presents some of the economic changes that Lave taken place in Europe. In the fmt period, the United States supplied less than 1 per cent, of the wbeat imported into the United Kipfdom; in the laet period, it any 1

plied nearly 54 per cent.; from less than 1,000,000 bushels it increased, by a series of

eaps and bounds, to about so j.ojo.ow bushels. Excepting the rapid growth of im ports of wheat from India (which does not appear in this table, India being classified under 'all other countries'), there ia n instance in economic history of a growth so rapid. The imports from Russia during this period, though they have increased in amount, have not advanced greatly relatively. In the first period they were nearly 10 per cent. ; in the second they had somewhat increased ; in the third they had receded again ; in the fourth they advanced considerable, and in the fifth period tbey had receded more rapidly than the increase between the third and fourth periods. The imports from Germany have decreased from the second period actually as well as relatively, while relatively the percentage of decrease has been steadily sinking Irom od per cent, to 33 per cent. ; next to 21, and to 18 per cent., and lastly to G per cent, Tne crystalization of the German empire, the rapid increase of population, the change from an agricultural condition to that of diversified industries, all suggest themselves as reasons for this decrease. In Germany population is overtaking the food producing caparity of the country." One of the most important features of the report is the showing in tabular form of the price of wheat for a series of years in the prircipal countries of the world. These tables show that the "average yearly price o: wbeat is lowest in India, ranging from 83? per bushel at Calcutta to $1.02 at Bombay, between lb 4 8 ana livSJ. Kussia comes next, the average for the decade being 11.28 per bushel at Warsaw, Jl.l per bushel at bt. Petersburg and $l.lo per busnel at Odessa. Austria ranks third in the following order: Buda-Pestb, $1.18 per bushel: Vienna, $1.2.) ; Trieste, J1.3G, and Prague, $1 38 per bushel, Ihe average price of wheat at Algiers wa3 for the entire period covered in the inquiry $1.28 per busnel; at Smyrna, $1.29 per bushel, and at Beiruth, $1.41. I a the Ger man Empire tbe price varies somewhat ac cording to location. The free port of jsremen appears to enjoy the lowest price Jl.oO per bushel and, curiously enough, Stettin, on the Baltic, the highest, $1.70 per bushel. Next comes the crain center of the Rhenish and Westphalia manufacturing regions, Aachen and Cologne with $1 CO per bushel, and $1.50 respectively for eleven years. The difference in the price is not marked between Breslau, in the Lastern part of the Empire, Leipsic is' the central and Stuttgart in the southern, $1 40 per busnel, fl.42 per bushel and $l.4.- per bushel, respectively. Ihe central position of Berlin, together with the excellent railroad facilities which extend on all sides into the grain regions, tends to give that city cheap wheat, the average price being for the eleven years ending in 1883, $1 38 per bushel. The average price of wheat at the principal grain port of England was exactly $1.50 per bushel, but in the appendix there are tables which show in detail the average prices of all grains in the English markets. Rouen and Nantes are the cheapest wheat ports in France, namely $1.48 per bushel and $1.50 per bushel, respectively. Bordeaux reaches $1.54 per bushel and Marseilles $1.01." Important facts are brought out in relation to OCEAS TaAXSrOr.TATIOK, and the comparative cost of freight from India, Russia and the United States to Great Britain, and a table is given showing in comparison the rates of freight for cereals during a series of years from the three principal ports of British India, the great northern and southern ports of Rassia and the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the Uuited States to Great Britain. Of this table the committee 6ays on part: "The general fact and the one of greatest importance to the United States, is tbe steady decline in the cost of transportation and the probability that, with increased freight to carry, the rates between Europe and the most important nearest ports of India (Kurrachee and Bombay) will continue to decline. Should this tendency continue, it will not be long before the cost of carrying wheat from Inda to continental Europe and the United Kingdom will be as low as between the Atlantic ports and those markets." Tables are also appended showing the ocean freights of grain from nearly every important country to England, an 1 also the comparative rates ol freight charges from the various countries of the world. IMPOSSIBILITY OF RECOVERY. .lohn KoAtli, the Great Ship Itnlldjr, Ueyonil the Reach of Medical Aid. New York, Jan. .1. It is known that for some weeks John Roach, the great ship builder, has been confined to his residence in gradually failing health. According to his own desire that his friends should not be needlessly alarmed and apprehensive of the effect upon him of learning the real nature of the disease from which he is suffering, his family end physicians have been reticent in regard to bis condition. Mr. Roach, however, now realizes fully the impossibility of recovery, and the reason for concealment no longer esists. In view of this iact a representative of Mr. Roach's family to-night makes the following statement of the invalid's condition: "Mr. Roach is beyond the reach of medical help save in the alleviation of his sufferings, which have long been incessant and intense. His disease is epithelioma, and its development has been very, similar to the case of General Grant, the location, however, being the roof of the mouth instead of the throat All efforts to arrest its progress have failed, and only his 1-owerful constitution has sustained him bo long. He has never seen a well day since the entire nervous prostration consequent upon bis assignment eighteen months ago. From that crushing blow he could not rally, and tbe cancer began to develop last January. In March an operation was performed in the hope that the disease might be eradicated. In the summer the trouble returned, and it became evident to the physicians that there was no hope. Mr. Roach is now failing gradually, his any relieved only by anodynes." A Confidence Game, MouiTX. Ala.. Jan. 3 T.oniin Vndin a Frenchman residing in the city, made a startling ana unexpected discovery yesterday that be had been robbed as long ago as the 30th ol November of $11,000 in money ana Donas ny a Doia and successful confidence game. Rome tf me in the latter part of November Nading made the acquaintance ef a fellow countryman, lately arrived, and ioc new acquaintance introduced mm to a third Frenchman. Tbe three became very intimate. In the course of time they succeeded in inducing Nading to display his meaim uy lira i aaowing cim large amounts of securities and gold which they possessed. One of them had in his possession a box at his hotel, and Nading insisted on going with him to remove It to a safe place. As the box WAN onpnpd and ifa nrA nnt k...l. displayed Nading was called from the room, leaving his own money behind. When he returned his friend told him tbatba ha.t nni,j. (Nading's) treasures in his own box, which ue uirueu over vo me aiooue man for safe keepine. Nadine never inmpetrr? wrontr until vesterdav. whpn h hrnV nnn his friend's box and found that there was nouung in it dui a number of newspapers and a lot Of lead. The police have hen nofi. fled. In the treasure-box was found a printed card with the inscriptions: 'F. Gingham, Negotiant, ra-cbearo, Baisse."

A VANDERBILT VICTORY

The First Mortgage Bonds of the Nickel-Plate Corporation Declared Illegal. The Sale cf the Road Under the Second Mortm gage Ordered by the CjnrL A Missouri Editor Knocked Down and TerriblyBeaten by Railroad Hagaa'es. An Important Decision in New York Concerning tbe Insurance of Infants Condi, tlon of the Winter Wheat. Ci.Evn.ANn, Jan. 3. Judges J. M. Jones and E. T. Hamilton decided the big NickelPlate Railroad case this morning. "Suit was brought against the New York Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company by the Union Trust Company of New York, trustees for tbe second mortgage bondholders, for $ 10,000,000. The court held that the first mortgages held by tbe Central Trust Company, as trustees, were illegal and tbat the bondholders u dr that mortgage are only general creditors to the amount of $15,000,000. The court also rdered the sale of the road under the second mortgage, which amounts to $10,000,000. The validity of the car certificates, amounting to $4,000,000, was affirmed, and a separate sale of tbe equipment under these certificates was ordered. It was claimed that the consolidation of lire State corporations into the Nickel-Plate was illegal. The court declared that the consolidation was illegal in two respects, but the corporation was a corporation de facto, and had a legal right to execute tbe mortgages. It was also held that neither the Lake fchore and Michigan Southern Railway nor the judgment creditors of the J ickel-Plate have liens by virture of their judgments, and their only interest is as creditors to the extent of their judgments. Tbe decision is a Yanderbilt victory, and will be appealed. Nex Yokk, Jan. 3 The decision in the Nickel-Plate case, at Cleveland to-day is generally taken for a complete victory for the Lake Shore and the Yanderbilts. Chairman Roosevelt, of the committee, states that the decision is a complete surprise for him, and that no steps had been provided to anticipate it. A meeting of the committee will be held to-morrow, and nothing can bo said about their future course until they consult with counsel. A Brutal Assault. Springfield, Mo., Jan. 3.A most sensa tional light occurred In this city this morning in the office of the O'Day Brothers in the City block, in which John O'Day, second vice-president of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, and his brother, Ed O'Day, and Mr. fttrothers, editor of the Evening Leader, participated. The Leader had been claiming recently that the Morning Herald was owned by John O'Day, and while pretending to support the Democratic ticket it has in reality, through the influence of the Frisco Road, used its power to defeat that tickets Last Friday the Leader published an editorial attacking Mr. O Day personally. This brought Mr. Ü Day to this city, and this morning he and his brother met Mr. Strothera on the street and invited him into O'Day's office to talk over a little matter of business. John O'Day drew from beneath his pocket a raper, Mr. Strothers said, which proved to be a retraction of the Leader's former statements, and asked Mr. Strothers to sign it. He refused. Mr. O'Day then stuck "the editor on the head with a walking stick and partly stunned him, but he closed upon his assailant and lloored him. Ed O Day then joined in th light and knocked Strothers down, and afterward intlicted several ugly wounds upon the latter's face and body. Strothers says that John O'Day tben drew a revolver, and would have shot him but for the timely interference of Walker Crenshaw and Mr. McGregor, who separated the combatants. After the fracas the O'Day brothers drove rapidly to the Frisco depot, where tbe railroad magnate took the train for St. Louis. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of the 0Day brothers. Strothers will survive his injuries. Mr. O'Day and his brother were arrested this afternoon at Springfield, Mo., on the warrant sworn out by Editor Strothers, and gave bond to appear in the Circuit Court. Insuring Children Illegal. New Yokk, Jan. 3 Deputy AttorneyGeneral Post recently moved before Justice Barrett, in the Supreme Court chambers, to have the Globe Mutual Benefit Association restrained lrom carrying on its business on the ground that the company was insolvent and that the insurance of inf acta, as practiced by the association, is unauthorized by law. Judge Barrett handed down a decision to-day in the case. He says: "The business of this company is limited to that of life and casualty insurance upon the co-operative assetsment plan. Only members who accept the contract of obligations of such membership can be thus insured. Infants are not eligible as they can not make a contract. Their parrents can not insure their children's lives as members in such cooperative or assignment companies. Only members can be insured, and an infant can not be a member of a society and vote," Judge Barrett concludes by saying that this branch of the company's business must therefore be enjoined. Weekly Crop Keport. Chicago, Jan. 3. Tbe weekly crop statement of the Farmers' Review of this city is as follows: The returns from the correspondents very generally continue to speak favorably of the prospects for winter wheat. In Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, the fields are generally well protected with snow, though in Bond and some of the other Southern Illinois counties fields are reported to be covered with ice, and several Missouri counties report the fall-sown wheat suffering from dry cold. The reports from Kansas are not so uniformly favorable as formerly, some counties reporting that the plant looks fteble and poorly. The feature of the reports from Indiana and Ohio is that all the early-sown grain is looking very well, while the Jate-sown wheat is looking poorly. The reports from the corn-growing States speak of a short supply and a generally slow movement to market. Many counties of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin are importing. corn. Roasted to Death. San Antonio, Texas. Jan. 3. Officials of the Southern Pacific Railroad furnish particulars of the disastrous collision on that road last Friday night, 200 miles west of here. The accounts of the accident previously telegraphed are corroborated by tbe officials, who state that nine Mexicans were burned to death among the wreckage. The men were riding on an open car when the collision occurred. This car was driven under a heavy laden box-car, on the top of which several others had piled, when the entire wreck took fire, literally roasting alive the Mexicans, who were pinned down on the too of the flat car. None of the bodies were recognizable when recovered. The onera-hnnn f T.(.vn ovu i , r, r" wu v uiu, tv i kutan v ciestrored hv fir !.